Robert Bohlken, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Communication, writes a weekly newspaper column and is a communication consultant. He retired after many years teaching at both the secondary and university levels.His professional areas of expertise and research are in listening, semantics, and interpersonal trust/relationship. Dr. Bohlken has published more than twenty academic journal articles,presented papers at more than forty academic conferences, and made over one hundred service, social club and school presentations. He is an entertaining and thought-provoking speaker/lecturer/children’s reading specialist. He authored three booklets: Grandpa Listens as Bobby Grows Up How the Rabbit Became the Easter Bunny How to Talk Rural Northwest Missouri Talk He is a member of the International Listening Association, International Society of General Semantics, National Communication Association, and a life member of the Optimist International Service Club. He is a Korean War veteran and has been a longtime member of the American Legion. Degrees held by Dr. Bohlken include a B.S. degree in Language Arts Education with Distinction from Nebraska State College; Master of Arts Degree in Communication/Theatre Arts, University of Nebraska, and Doctorate of Philosophy in Communication, University of Kansas. He and his wife, Mary, live in Maryville, Missouri.
